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"...takes over Red River, and more confirmations for the 2009 Fun Fun Fun Fest...."

Aug. 10, 2009 Music Post by Austin Powell

Music Deportment

The Live Music Task Force recommends a Music Department under Austin government. Time for the Austin music community to put its many heads together.

"...Entertainment, the local booking and promotion enterprise responsible for Fun Fun Fun Fest. "There's been a lot of conflict..."

Nov. 21, 2008 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

TV Eye

Henry Rollins takes his particular brand of political activism on the road

"...are coming to Austin. They perform live at the Fun Fun Fun Fest in Waterloo Park on Sunday, Nov...."

Oct. 31, 2008 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Off the Record

Gearing up for the 2008 Austin City Limits Music Festival

"...that has worked with Austin City Limits, among other festivals, since 2002. "We really want to be the conduit..."

Sept. 26, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

Sex, Thugs, and Thanatos

The mad, bad bounty of Fantastic Fest 2009

"...whiskers on kittens" but, in the spirit of Fantastic Fest 2009 and with apologies to Rodgers and Hammerstein, a..."

Sept. 25, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Sunday

"...because Mika Miko is calling it quits after the fest. The L.A. punk quintet's latest, We Be Xuxa, ends..."

Nov. 6, 2009 Music Feature

Saturday

Punk, hardcore, hip-hop, oh my!

"...furiously lean and uncompromis-ingly heavy. At last year's FFF Fest, this Louisville. Ky., trio got moving early, unfurling its..."

Nov. 6, 2009 Music Feature

Hip-Hop Now Sucks?

What does that even mean?

"...Public Enemy No. 1, Chuck D, told me something..."

Feb. 9, 2016 Music Post by Kahron Spearman

Owen Egerton’s Bloody Good Time

Writer/director’s distinctly Austin horror-comedy returns for RTX Austin

"...it was his second film as a writer/director, Blood Fest. And it wasn't simply on the wrong screen. It..."

Aug. 3, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Paging Dr. Mario

Game Over Videogames' Classic Game Fest

"...the aim of gaming? And is reality really more fun than your imagination? Anyone who's controlled Q*Bert for hours..."

June 26, 2009 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

St. Paddy’s Day, SXSnacks, Sailor Moon, and More Weekend Events

Our recommendations for the waning days of the Fest

"...along with comedic vignettes, which Vanity Fair called “fiercely funny, deeply weird, [and] comforting if a little sad.” We..."

March 14, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

DVDanger: '+1'

Teen parties and time loops merge to surprising effect

"...Some elements are a little overly predictable, with a..."

Jan. 18, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Sound Unseen Drops Full Playlist

Online music film fest adds Bee Gees, Sound of Metal

"...a heavy story with pounding rhythms: Sound Unseen Film/Music Festival, the hybrid tunes and flicks fest from Minneapolis that's..."

Oct. 21, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Do Not Try This at Home

Tom Six on the surgical horrors of The Human Centipede

"...Generally speaking, Austin film festival audiences aren't prone to walkouts. Sure, some people get..."

May 7, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

ACL Day 3: Rodeo Day

Next Up susses out the last day of ACL Fest 2009

"...covered every square inch of Zilker Park. The entire festival smelled like a rodeo even as festival staff spread..."

Oct. 5, 2009 Music Post by Aaron Miller

FF2011: James Quinn McDonagh Shows His 'Knuckle'

Bare knuckle bruiser talks fair fighting and boxing Tim League

"...Ever since Fantastic Fest announced that Tim League would facing James Quinn McDonagh..."

Sept. 26, 2011 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

2010 Screens Top 10s

"...9) Down Terrace Winner of Fantastic Fest 2009's Next Wave award for best picture, this claustrophobic..."

Jan. 7, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Gay Place Goes to Comic Con Austin

What? Gays who like comics, card games, and roleplay? Shut yo' mouth!

"...KISS posters, Star Wars action-figures, Garbage Pail Kids trading..."

Nov. 18, 2010 Qmmunity Post by Nakia

Fight or Flight

A plane full of assassins fight over the same target

"...Remember Bullet Train? Remember how much fun it was to watch a movie about a fast-moving..."

May 9, 2025 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Avatar: The Way of Water

James Cameron goes deep, emotionally and aquatically, in his sci-fi epic

"...In 2009, back when everyone was convinced that the blue cat..."

Dec. 16, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Talking Shop With Curran Nault

The Polari artistic director on programming to bridge divides

"...the current artistic director of Polari, Austin's LGBT film festival (née Austin Gay and Lesbian International Film Festival aka..."

Oct. 10, 2013 Screens Post by Kate X Messer

Wes Anderson Brings Isle of Dogs to SXSW

Plus Midnighters bring the gore, and Alita party

"...Closing out the fest (running March 9-18) Houston native and UT alum Anderson..."

Feb. 7, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Thursday Showcases

All the SXSW showcases that fit

"...from all L.A. has to offer, mixing thumping cumbias, funk, rock, and hip-hop and then doling it out piping..."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature

The Cult of Nick Curran Remembers His Guitar Genius

From rhythm & blues to rockabilly and punk, the late Austin shredder lived to subvert genres

"...never witnessed Nick Curran deconstruct his antihero anthem "No Fun." Growlin', prowlin', and rippin' hot-wired solos worthy of T-Bone..."

Sept. 29, 2017 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Four Decades of Austin Chronicle Halloween Mask Covers

"...2012: Prince of Lies We poked fun at presidential hopeful/mega multimillionaire Mitt Romney and some of..."

Oct. 24, 2022 Photo Gallery

Jumping the Shark in This Weekend’s Recommended Arts & Culture Events

Multiple ways to get high ... on art

"...Time is a flat circle. In 2009, the Hideout’s new owners got some friends together and..."

June 6, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Horror Abounds in Our Weekday Event Recommendations

But it's more than just scares

"...Taproom. The highest stamp collectors can walk away with fun prizes, as well as a deep sense of local..."

Oct. 4, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Qmmunity: South by So Gay

Squeeze all the juice from these fruity events, both SXSW-adjacent and beyond

"...meatless beef here might be less with the actual Festival and more with how difficult it is making SXSW..."

March 10, 2023 Column by James Scott

Playback: Waterloo Music Festival vs. Eastside Kings Festival

Austin music’s fall festival opens with a double-barrel bang

"...Waterloo Music Festival, Friday 7-Sunday 9..."

Sept. 7, 2018 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

FronteraFest 2013

Performance jamboree's 20th brings back old faves and welcomes new stars

"...goes with high school graduations, so why should performance festivals be different? FronteraFest, our annual jamboree of homegrown theatre,..."

Jan. 11, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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